Of beggars and Buddhas: the politics of humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand

The 547 Buddhist jatakas, or verse parables, recount the Buddha's lives in previous incarnations. In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar...

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主要作者: Bowie, Katherine Ann (Author)
格式: 電子 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Madison, Wisconsin The University of Wisconsin Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
叢編:New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
IxTheo Classification:BL Buddhism
Further subjects:B Buddhism and politics History Thailand
B Buddhism and politics (Thailand) History
B Buddhist giving
B Buddhism and politics
B Buddhist stories, Thai 幽默
B Buddhism and state (Thailand) History
B Buddhist stories, Thai
B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects Thailand
B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka
B Jataka stories, Thai Political aspects
B History
B Thailand
B Jataka stories, Thai
B Buddhism and state
B Jataka stories, Thai 幽默
B Tipiṭaka
B Buddhism and state History Thailand
B Buddhist stories, Thai 幽默
B 幽默
B Electronic books History 幽默
B Jataka stories, Thai 幽默
B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
B Tipiṭaka Tipiṭaka
B Buddhist stories, Thai Political aspects
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